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Gerald Laird

Gerald Lee Laird

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 13, 1979 in Westminster, CA
High School: La Quinta (Westminster, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Tigers/Cardinals 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.1M (11), 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.077, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Alan Meersand [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 4:06PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2003 23 TEX AL 19 50 44 9 12 2 1 1 4 0 0 5 11 .273 .360 .432 .792 100 19 2 1 0 0 0 2
2004 24 TEX AL 49 168 147 20 33 6 0 1 16 0 1 12 35 .224 .287 .286 .572 46 42 5 2 4 3 0 2
2005 25 TEX AL 13 42 40 7 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .225 .262 .350 .612 58 14 1 0 0 0 0 2/
2006 26 TEX AL 78 260 243 46 72 20 1 7 22 3 1 12 54 .296 .332 .473 .805 105 115 7 2 1 2 0 2/
2007 27 TEX AL 120 448 407 48 91 18 3 9 47 6 2 30 103 .224 .278 .349 .627 64 142 3 2 5 4 1 *2/
2008 28 TEX AL 95 381 344 54 95 24 0 6 41 2 4 23 63 .276 .329 .398 .727 91 137 5 6 4 4 2 2/5
2009 29 DET AL 135 477 413 49 93 23 2 4 33 5 0 40 68 .225 .306 .320 .626 65 132 11 10 10 4 0 *2/3
2010 30 DET AL 89 299 270 22 56 11 0 5 25 3 1 18 57 .207 .263 .304 .567 54 82 7 3 6 2 0 2
2011 31 STL NL 37 108 95 11 22 7 1 1 12 1 1 9 19 .232 .302 .358 .660 84 34 3 1 2 1 3 2/3D
9 Seasons 635 2233 2003 266 483 113 8 35 204 20 10 151 417 .241 .300 .358 .658 73 717 44 27 32 20 6
162 Game Avg. 162 570 511 68 123 29 2 9 52 5 3 39 106 .241 .300 .358 .658 73 183 11 7 8 5 2
TEX (6 yrs) 374 1349 1225 184 312 72 5 25 134 11 8 84 273 .255 .306 .383 .689 79 469 23 13 14 13 3
DET (2 yrs) 224 776 683 71 149 34 2 9 58 8 1 58 125 .218 .289 .313 .603 61 214 18 13 16 6 0
STL (1 yr) 37 108 95 11 22 7 1 1 12 1 1 9 19 .232 .302 .358 .660 84 34 3 1 2 1 3
AL (8 yrs) 598 2125 1908 255 461 106 7 34 192 19 9 142 398 .242 .300 .358 .658 72 683 41 26 30 19 3
NL (1 yr) 37 108 95 11 22 7 1 1 12 1 1 9 19 .232 .302 .358 .660 84 34 3 1 2 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 23 TEX AL 50 0 -1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 2
2004 24 TEX AL 168 -11 1 0 0 3 3 6 2 0.2 -1 -0.1 0.3 $300,000 2
2005 25 TEX AL 42 -3 0 1 0 -1 1 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 2/
2006 26 TEX AL 260 2 0 1 0 5 4 9 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $332,330 2/
2007 27 TEX AL 448 -21 2 3 0 9 7 15 15 1.6 6 0.6 1.0 $400,322 *2/
2008 28 TEX AL 381 -4 -1 1 0 -1 5 13 13 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $1,600,000 2/5
2009 29 DET AL 477 -21 2 1 0 14 8 16 21 2.0 7 0.7 1.3 $2,800,000 *2/3
2010 30 DET AL 299 -18 0 -1 0 2 5 10 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $3,950,000 2
2011 31 STL NL 108 -2 -1 -1 -0 0 2 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $1,000,000 2/3D
9 Seasons 2233 -78 3 6 0 33 36 75 74 7.4 42 4.2 3.2 $10,382,652
TEX (6 yrs) 1349 -37 1 7 0 16 21 46 54 5.5 38 3.8 1.7 $2,632,652
DET (2 yrs) 776 -39 3 -0 1 16 13 26 19 1.8 3 0.3 1.5 $6,750,000
STL (1 yr) 108 -2 -1 -1 -0 0 2 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $1,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 31 STL NL NLDS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL NLCS MIL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL WS TEX W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
2003 TEX AL 23 C 16 74 65 8 1 2 .986 1 0 4.56 .991 6.72 1 4 3 43%
2004 TEX AL 24 C 49 299 275 19 5 6 .983 3 4 6.00 .992 7.07 6 17 14 45%
2005 TEX AL 25 C 13 69 61 5 3 2 .957 -1 -1 5.08 .992 6.72 1 8 3 27%
2005 TEX AL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.00 2.30
2005 TEX AL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -120 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
2006 TEX AL 26 C 71 428 392 30 6 5 .986 6 4 5.94 .992 6.99 5 25 21 46%
2006 TEX AL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 0.00 2.30
2006 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -420 -600 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
2007 TEX AL 27 C 119 762 675 75 12 13 .984 9 7 6.30 .991 7.20 9 59 39 40%
2007 TEX AL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
2007 TEX AL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
2008 TEX AL 28 C 88 566 523 35 8 7 .986 -1 6 6.34 .991 7.19 6 53 21 28%
2008 TEX AL 28 3B 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 .957 2.70
2008 TEX AL 28 DH 4 4
2009 DET AL 29 C 135 925 844 78 3 7 .997 14 5 6.83 .992 7.39 9 59 42 42%
2009 DET AL 29 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.00
2010 DET AL 30 C 87 573 516 52 5 5 .991 2 0 6.53 .990 7.37 5 58 30 34%
2011 STL NL 31 C 31 22 18 213.0 197 182 12 3 1 .985 0 -1 2 -6 8.20 6.26 .992 7.98 7.96 3 6 16 4 20% 0
2011 STL NL 31 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.30
2011 STL NL 31 DH 1 0
9 Seasons C 609 22 18 213.0 3893 3533 314 46 48 .988 33 24 188 135 8.20 6.32 .991 7.98 7.25 45 6 299 177 37% 0
3 Seasons OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -300 0.00 2.30
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.15
1 Season 3B 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 .957 2.70
2 Seasons RF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -320 -400 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.15
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
9 Seasons TOT 616 22 18 214.0 3898 3535 317 46 49 .988 33 22 184 123 8.20 6.25 .991 7.99 7.21 45 6 299 177 37% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  1.4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (8th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2009 AL  135 (1st)
Active  609 (19th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2009 AL  844 (4th)
Active  3,533 (23rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
2007 AL  75 (1st)
2009 AL  78 (1st)
2010 AL  52 (3rd)
Active  314 (17th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2007 AL  12 (2nd)
2008 AL  8 (5th)
Active  46 (9th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  9 (3rd)
2009 AL  9 (2nd)
Active  45 (10th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
Active  299 (21st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2007 AL  39 (2nd)
2009 AL  42 (1st)
2010 AL  30 (3rd)
Active  177 (13th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2006 AL  45.7 (2nd)
2007 AL  39.8 (4th)
2009 AL  41.6 (2nd)
Active  37.2 (6th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2006 AL  6 (2nd)
2007 AL  9 (3rd)
2009 AL  14 (1st)
Active  33 (7th)
Career  33 (34th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2009 AL  7.61 (5th)
Active  8.20 (11th)
Career  8.20 (11th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Career  6.32 (60th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2009 AL  .997 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  10. Bob Stinson (950)
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  8. Tom Pagnozzi (947)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200424Texas Rangers$300,0004/7/04 AP
200626Texas Rangers$332,330
200727Texas Rangers$400,322
200828Texas Rangers$1,600,000
200929Detroit Tigers$2,800,000
201030Detroit Tigers$3,950,000
201131St. Louis Cardinals$1,000,000
201232Detroit Tigers$1,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,382,652Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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